Finger ring



Sept. 15, 1936 GfA. ARMSTRONG FINGER RING Filed April 25, 1936 2 SheebS-Shee l if f 3,3

SePt- 15, 1936 G. A. ARMSTRONG 2,054,667

FINGER RING Filed April 23, 1936 2 Sheets-Shea?. 24

Patented Sept. 15, 1936 e UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE FINGER RING George A. Armstrong, Cranston, R. I., assignor to William C. Greene Company, a corporation of Rhode Island Application April 23, 1936, Serial No. 75,964

Claims.Y (Cl. 63-15) My invention relates to linger rings particu- Figure 19, a top plan view of a iinger ring or larly adapted to alford settings for jewels, gems, my invention carrying an oval shaped stone, stones, ornaments, and the like, and is of the VFigure 20, an edge elevation of the shank sheet metal type in distinction from cast type of blank employed in the same,

Tng- Y Figure 21, a section taken on line 2|-2l of 5 An object of my invention is to aiord a ring Figure 20, and structure and method of construction adapted VFigures 22 and 23, a front elevation and central to accommodate ornaments of any usual or pretransverse section respectively of one of the latferred contour, such, for instance, as square, eral bars of the structure of Figure 19.

oval, Octagon or polygonal, without any sub- Similar characters of reference indicate simistantial change in the ring structure. lar parts throughout the views.

Further objects are to effect the above ends The following is a description of my invention with a minimum of parts, adapted for facile and in conjunction with the above drawings. speedy assemblage, and at a small expense in By suitable tools a blank 25, shown in Figures 1 either tools or structural labor. and 2, is cut from thin sheet metal consisting of 15 With the above and other objects in view, all shank 25 and terminal bearing portions 21, each of which will fully appear in the course of the comprising a head 28, a bearing flange 29profollowing description, my invention consists in jecting from the endofthe head, and lateral such parts and in such combinations of parts, ears 3S provided with perforations 3l. The and in such steps and such succession of steps, as anges 29, in this instance, are located midway of 20 fall within the scope of the appended claims. the end of the heads leaving spaces 32 at both In the accompanying drawings are illustrated sides of the angeS, thus forming bearing anges certain preferred forms of my invention, wherein 0f the prOng type- Figures 1 and 2 are a plan view and edge ele- By a forming tOOl the blank iS Centrally cirvation respectively of the original blank from cularly bent to Shape the Shank 26 into Selni- 25 which the shank member of my finger ring is annular form with the terminal bearing pormade, tions 21 spaced from each other. The latter are Figures 3, 4, and 5, a side elevation, front connected by independent lateral bearing porelevation, and plan view respectively of a linger tions or bars 34 Vcut and bent by suitable tools ring of the prong type formed from the above from' a flat metal blank. Each bar comprises a 30 mentioned blank carrying a rectangular or cush- Straight elongated body 35 provided with a conion shaped ornament, cave lower edge, as at 36, an inwardly directed lon- Figures 6 and 7, sections of the same taken gitudinally disposed retaining ange 37 unen its n lines 6 6 and 1 1 of Figures 5 and 3 reupper portion above an internal shoulder 38 at spectively, the base of the flange, and lugs 4| upon the end 35 Figures 8, 9, and 10, a front elevation, central of the body. The nanges 3'! beine less in Width transverse section, and top plan view resp'ecthan the 4bOdy Cause end SpaCeS 40. The lugs tively of one of the lateral bars of the finger are engaged With the ears 30 in the DerfOratiOnS ring, 3| by. friction, or solder. A stone, gem, or other Figure 1-1, a. fragmentary section taken on line Ornament 43 1n this instance iS 0f rectangular 40 H-II of Figure or cushion shape, and is seated at two of its ends Figures 12 and 13, a plan view of the shank upon the shoulders 38 of the bars 34 whose prong blank and a front elevation of one of the bars flanges 37 Overlap and retain Said ends. The respectively from which are formed a modicaother two edges of the member 43 are engaged tion of the prong type of my invention, by the bearing flanges 29. The above construc- 45 Figure 14, a fragmentary side elevation of the tiOn iS ShOWn n Figures 1 t0 11 inClllSVe. ring formed from the last mentioned elements, Another form of the prong type of my invention,

Figure 15, a section of the same taken 0n 1in@ shown in Figures l2 to 15 inclusive, consists main- |5-I5 of Figure 14, ly in changing the perforations in the heads 28 Figures 16 and 17, a, plan View of the Shank to the lateral bars, and in omitting the lugs upon 50 blank and a front elevation of one of lthe bars the lateral bars and utilizing lateral ears or lugs respectively from which is formed a linger ring upon the heads in place thereof. This construcof the box type embodying my invention, tion in more detail is as follows.

Figure 18, a fragmentary perspective view of The blank 45 of Figure 12 differs from the blank a complete ring of the box type, 25 of Figure 1 merely in substituting for the ears 55 Figure 10 or lugs 30 with perforations 3|, imperforate ears or lugs 46 of slightly less dimensions. The bar 48 of Figure 13 is similar in construction to that of the lateral bearing portion or bar 34 of Figures 9 and 10, except that the end lugs of the latter are omitted, and perforations 49 are provided in the end margins of the bar adapted to receive the ears or lugs 46.

My invention is capable of embodiment also in a ring structure. of the box type and is herein so illustrated in Figures 16 blank 5| shown in Figure 16 resembles the blank 25 in Figure 1 except the bearing flanges 53 of the former extend throughout the entire length oi the forward edge of the heads 28 thus obviating the end spaces 32 of the blank 25. The bars 55, one of which is shown in Figure 17 resembles in detail the bar 34 of Figures 8, 9, and 10 except that the end recesses 40 of the latter figure are omitted and the bearing edge extends the length of the bars 55. It is obvious by reference to the showing and description of the alternative form of construction of the prong type disclosed in Figures 12 to 15 inclusive that it is equally applicable to the box type.

The principle. of my invention lends itself to embodiment with stones of various peripheral contours or shapes, as for instance as oval, octagon and the like. This is rendered possible by reason of the fact that no radical change is required in the constituent blanks over those already described.

For example a nger ring 59, shown in Figure 19, accommodating an ornament of oval shape is composed of a blank 62 similar to that shown in Figure 1 except that the terminal bearing portions 53 are transversely curved rather than transversely straight, which curvature is easily effected by a nlshing tool. The lateral bearing members 56 are identical with the bearing members 34 of except that they are longitudinally curved rather than straight, a change imparted by a finishing tool.

1. in a finger ring, a shank, terminal bearing members including heads upon the shank, bearing iianges upon the ends of the heads, and laterally extending portions upon the heads provided with perforations, lateral bearing members compristo 18 inclusive. The

ing elongated bodies, bearing flanges upon the tops of the bodies, internal longitudinal shoulders upon the bodies below the last mentioned flanges and terminal lugs upon the bodies registering in the perforations, and an ornament resting upon the shoulders and engaged by the flanges upon the heads and by the ianges upon the bodies.

2. In a finger ring, a shank, ,a pair of terminal bearing members upon the shank, and a pair of lateral bearing members comprising elongated bodies, internal longitudinal shoulders upon the bodies adapted to support an ornament, bearing flanges upon the bodies above the shoulders adapted to engage an ornament, one pair of bearing members being provided with perforations, and the other pair of bearing members being adapted to register in the perforations.

3. In a finger ring, a shank, a pair of terminal bearing members upon the shank, a pair of lateral bearing members comprising elongated bodies, bearing anges upon the tops of the bodies, and internal. shoulders upon the bodies below the flanges, one. pair of bearing members being provided with perforations, and the other pair of members being registerable in the perforations, and an ornament resting upon the shoulders and engaged by the flanges and by the terminal bearing members.

4. In a finger ring, a shank, a pair of terminal bearing members including heads upon the shank, and bearing flanges upon the ends of the heads, a pair of lateral bearing members comprising elongad bodies, bearing flanges upon the tops of the bodies, and internal longitudinal shoulders upon the bodies below the flanges, said heads having parts for intel-engagement with the lateral bearing members, and an ornament resting upon the shoulders and engaged by the flanges upon the heads and by the. flanges upon the bodies.

5. In a nger-ring, a shank, a pair of terminal bearing members upon the shank, an ornament, a pair of lateral bearing members comprising elongated bodies, supporting elements upon the bodies, and retaining elements upon the bodies cooperating with the supporting elements for engaging the ornament, said terminal bearing members having parts for interengagement with the bodies of the lateral bearing members.

GEORGE A. ARMSTRONG. 

